San Francisco Judge James McBride was arrested and booked Sunday morning on one count of felony spousal abuse for allegedly striking his wife.

McBride, 48, a former San Francisco police officer and prosecutor, was released on bail Sunday and is expected to be arraigned Thursday.

"The judge and his wife of 13 years are going through a divorce and Mrs. McBride made some allegations which Judge McBride denies," said the judge's attorney Jim Collins. "Judge McBride has totally cooperated with police to the extent of giving a lengthy interview, and taking a polygraph exam, which he passed."

The polygraph was performed by a former FBI polygrapher, Collins said.

"The judge hopes to show his innocence as he did with the polygraph and maintain his fine name and reputation," Collins added.

The alleged incident took place late Saturday morning at the family's home in the Sunset District. McBride's wife, Elaine, a former police officer, alleged the two had an argument and that he injured her face, hand, chest and back with the palm of his hand.

A San Francisco native, Judge McBride graduated from St. Ignatius High School and UC-Berkeley. He spent two years as a beat cop before joining the district attorney's office in 1979 as an investigator in the family-support unit. He became a criminal prosecutor in 1981 and was appointed to the bench in 1994 by then-Gov. Pete Wilson.&lt;